Showing posts with label rooted in nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rooted in nature. Show all posts

Sunday, August 19, 2018

Masculine Metal and Leaves

Linda Vich Creates: Masculine Metal and Leaves. Galvanized metal and Rooted in Nature leaves combine to create a masculine thank you card that is brimming with texture!
Ever since I spotted the Galvanized Metallic Paper in the Holiday Catalog, I have been dying to make a masculine card with it!

I started by cutting a strip of the Galvanized paper and after spritzing it with water, ran it through the Big Shot in the new Corrugated Embossing Folder. Sweet! (However, I had the piece turned the wrong way in the embossing folder and had to do it again :( Oh well, I had a practice piece!)

After it dried, I used sponges to apply Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel and Cajun Craze to the corrugated piece to make it look like slightly discolored, rusty metal.

Next, I embossed a Cajun Craze matte with the Scattered Sequins Embossing Folder but turned it to the debossed side. It provided a surprisingly pleasing contrast to the embossed metal.

I adhered the metal strip to the matte with Dimensionals and then wound some of the Copper trim around the matte, securing it at the back with Fast Fuse. This matte was then adhered to a Blueberry Bushel card front using Dimensionals.

Next, from the Rooted in Nature Bundle I stamped eight small leaves on Blueberry Bushel using matching ink, and three larger leaves on Cajun Craze. These were die cut and then the edges were sponged with contrasting inks.

I used the 1" Circle Punch to create a base from Blueberry Bushel and then glued the small blue leaves to it. The Cajun Craze leaves were added under it and a Clear Faceted Gem was added to the centre. It was adhered to the card front with Dimensionals.

The sentiment, from the Abstract Impressions stamp set, was stamped with Versamark on Blueberry Bushel and then heat embossed 2X using Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder. The strip was trimmed and then adhered to the card front.

On a Thick Whisper White matte, three larger leaves were stamped in Cajun Craze and then two smaller leaves were stamped in Blueberry Bushel on matching card stock and die cut. These were glued in place over the stamped leaves with the excess trimmed off with scissors. The matte was adhered inside the card.

Linda Vich Creates: Masculine Metal and Leaves. Galvanized metal and Rooted in Nature leaves combine to create a masculine thank you card that is brimming with texture!

Linda Vich Creates: Masculine Metal and Leaves. Galvanized metal and Rooted in Nature leaves combine to create a masculine thank you card that is brimming with texture!

Linda Vich Creates: Masculine Metal and Leaves. Galvanized metal and Rooted in Nature leaves combine to create a masculine thank you card that is brimming with texture!



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Sunday, June 17, 2018

Black Ice Father's Day

Linda Vich Creates: Black Ice Father's Day. The Black Ice Technique is combined with the Rooted in Nature bundle to create this Father's Day card.
I finally got to try the Black Ice technique! I enjoyed the process and the tutorial by Melissa Kerman.

I began by cutting a matte from Gold Foil paper and attached it to my work surface using temporary adhesive. I then lightly dragged my Stazon pad across the foil, leaving streaks.

Using my heat tool, I dried the ink and then used leaves from the Rooted in Nature bundle to stamp on the foil. Because the leaves were going to be in a random pattern, I used a stamp block but next time, I will probably use the Stamparatus because it is very easy for the stamp to "slip" on the slick surface.

After drying the ink again, this time I used my Versamark ink pad to drag very lightly across the matte, and then sprinkled it with Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder. After heating it, the matte was simply beautiful, with lovely, shimmery streaks!

I matted this piece with Basic Black and added a Shimmery Black knotted ribbon. The matte was then adhered to a Tranquil Tide card front using Dimensionals.

Using a trick from Lisa Curcio, I used my Everyday Label Punch with strips of both Basic Black and Gold Foil to create a layered tag. I used stamps from the May 2018 Paper Pumpkin to stamp the sentiment with Stazon. The tag was assembled and added to the card front using Dimensionals.

I used the Framelits to cut out and then emboss two leaves on Tranquil Tide and stamped and die cut the leaf cluster. These were attached to the card front using Glue Dots and Dimensionals.

On a Very Vanilla matte, I stamped and stamped off to create a bottom border using Tranquil Tide.

I think my husband will enjoy this card!

Linda Vich Creates: Black Ice Father's Day. The Black Ice Technique is combined with the Rooted in Nature bundle to create this Father's Day card.

Linda Vich Creates: Black Ice Father's Day. The Black Ice Technique is combined with the Rooted in Nature bundle to create this Father's Day card.

Linda Vich Creates: Black Ice Father's Day. The Black Ice Technique is combined with the Rooted in Nature bundle to create this Father's Day card.

Drop me a comment below to let me know if you've tried the Black Ice Technique. I know I will be trying it again soon!



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Friday, June 1, 2018

Nature's Poem

Linda Vich Creates: Nature's Poem. The lovely Nature's Poem DSP combines with the Rooted in Nature stamp set to produce a lovely card, suitable for either a man or a woman.
This card literally took on a life of its own! I originally planned to work with Crumb Cake and Powder Pink but after receiving the lovely Nature's Poem DSP, I just had to use it! Blackberry Bliss was a no-brainer to use as an accompaniment!

If you are trying to decide which bundle to order first, you need only to look at pages 142-144 in the catalog at the gorgeous Nature's Poem Suite! At first glance, this Suite may seem a little dear, but its versatility far out-weighs the cost. This set is suitable for a number of occasions and recipients with just a simple change of the coordinating DSP or ink choice. Masculine cards, in particular, will be a breeze with this Suite!

I started by cutting a standard card base from Powder Pink and then cut a piece of the DSP to fit on the card front. I cut into the long side of the DSP about 2 inches and folded back the pieces after first adhering the left edge of the DSP to the card front.

The tree was stamped with Blackberry Bliss on Powder Pink and then die cut using the #4 oval from the Stitched Shapes Framelits. The #7 scalloped oval from the Layering Ovals was used to matte the tree.

The little leaves were stamped with Powder Pink onto matching card stock and then die cut with the Nature's Roots Framelits. The new Big Shot Embossing Mats were used to emboss the leaves on Copper Foil and then they were also die cut. The tiny leaves were die cut from Blackberry Bliss using the Petals & More Thinlits.

After a basic arrangement was determined, the sentiment was stamped on the card front and then the DSP was secured to the front of the card and the flaps adhered with Dimensionals. The matted tree was adhered and then the leaves were adhered using Crystal Effects.

Finally, three of the Gold Faceted Gems were colored with the Bronze Blends to perfectly create copper gems (though these pictures do not show you how well they match the copper foil)!


Linda Vich Creates: Nature's Poem. The lovely Nature's Poem DSP combines with the Rooted in Nature stamp set to produce a lovely card, suitable for either a man or a woman.

Because the Powder Pink card base was very light, I decided to stamp directly on it with the tiny leaves from the stamp set, stamping first full strength, and then stamping off for the remaining leaves.

Because the Powder Pink card base was very light, I decided to stamp directly on it with the tiny leaves from the stamp set, stamping first full strength, and then stamping off for the remaining leaves.


I still may use Crumb Cake with Powder Pink and the Rooted in Nature stamp set but for now, this design will have to do!